Two players won the $1.79 billion Powerball drawing Saturday (September 6) night.
Tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas matched all five white numbers and the red Powerball, resetting the next drawing to $20 million ($10.2 million cash value) for Monday (September 8).
Results from Saturday's Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 11-23-44-61-62
POWERBALL: 17
POWER PLAY: 2x
Two players in Kansas and Texas won the $2 million consolation prize by getting all the five white numbers with the Power Play doubling option, while players in 13 states won the $! million consolation prize by getting all five white numbers.
Saturday's drawing was the second largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, behind only the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing on November 7, 2022. The odds of winning the